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<p>[QUOTE="softmentor, post: 1433799, member: 10469"]<span style="color: #ff0000">Edited ~ forum rules</span></p><p><br /></p><p>I still like the idea of money (a commonly recognized medium of financial exchange in regular useful denominations) that has an underlying intrinsic value like copper or silver; which is no doubt what the expression "real money" means in this context. I have never liked clad. It's like money that lies to you and pretends to be something it's not. Make coin of solid alloy. The reason early coin was accepted was that it had "real" value. that value was increased when a Government that was trusted assured the value was honest; honest reliable weight and alloy content. While the Gov still assures the consistency of content of our current coins, they lack the intrinsic value of a metal that historically has value to humans (all monkey 'business' aside ;0 ) Return to 'real' intrinsic value based coin! viva la plata! long live the silver! and copper![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="softmentor, post: 1433799, member: 10469"][COLOR=#ff0000]Edited ~ forum rules[/COLOR] I still like the idea of money (a commonly recognized medium of financial exchange in regular useful denominations) that has an underlying intrinsic value like copper or silver; which is no doubt what the expression "real money" means in this context. I have never liked clad. It's like money that lies to you and pretends to be something it's not. Make coin of solid alloy. The reason early coin was accepted was that it had "real" value. that value was increased when a Government that was trusted assured the value was honest; honest reliable weight and alloy content. While the Gov still assures the consistency of content of our current coins, they lack the intrinsic value of a metal that historically has value to humans (all monkey 'business' aside ;0 ) Return to 'real' intrinsic value based coin! viva la plata! long live the silver! and copper![/QUOTE]
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